When he asked if Mr.Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad.
当他询问莱恩先生是否住在那里时，值班的警察告诉他这位前首相落选后出国去了。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 83 After the elections
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. （男）警察，警员;看守矿井的人;[化] 淀帚;
💡 police警察 +man 人 → n.警察
"The policeman discharged his gun at the fleeing robbers."
警察向逃跑的强盗开了枪.
近义：officer, patrolman, peeler, trooper, bluecoat, bobby
反义：infractor, infringer, injurer, malefactor, offender, outlaw
n. 职责，责任;义务;职责或工作;税收;
💡 deb, du =owe (欠债)
"It is my duty to report it to the police."
把这事报告给警方是我的责任。
近义：job, obligation, obstriction, onus, responsibility, commitment
反义：authorization, permission
vt. 击败，战胜;挫败;[法]宣告无效，作废;
n. 战胜;失败;[法]废除;
💡 de向下+feat做，制作→做下去→打下去 →打败，摧毁
"She commiserated with the losers on their defeat."
她对失败的一方表示同情。
近义：master, overcome, overpower, pip, subdue, subjugate
反义：overthrow, rout, thrashing, trimming, whipping, beating
adj. 最好的;首要的;最初的;基本的;
n. 精华;初期;全盛时期;青年;
vt. 使准备好;填装;事先指导;
adv. 极好地;
vi. （为枪炮）装火药;涂底漆;修剪树枝;注水入泵引起;
💡 prim第一，主要的+e → 最初的，基本的
"Ade has been widely tipped as the Prime Minister."
很多人认为艾德将继任首相.
近义：stoke, fuel, bloom, blossom, blossoming, efflorescence
n. 大臣;部长;公使;牧师;
vi. 辅助，服侍;执行牧师职务;
💡 mini小+ster名词后缀，人→小人→古代大臣称自己是“小人”→部长，大臣
"The sainted minister in the church!"
那位教堂中神圣的牧师！
近义：provide, provision, purvey, stock, supply, administer